Scoil Éigse
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- ComhaltasLive #369-7: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 24 January 2012
The full group of Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 play a reel at the Tutors’ Concert at the end of Scoil Éigse, which attracts aproximately 800 musicians from many parts of the world every year.
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- ComhaltasLive #365 (Full Programme)
- 1 December 2011
Highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #365-2: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 24 November 2011
Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 Louise Mulcahy (flute) and her sister Michelle (concertina) are joined by Gráinne Hambly (harp) and Mick O’Connor (banjo) for a selection of three reels: “Devanney’s Goat”, “Martin Ansboro’s” and “Matt Peoples’”.
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- ComhaltasLive #354 (Full Programme)
- 21 July 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #354
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- ComhaltasLive #354-7: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 19 July 2011
Recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2005, Scoil Éigse Tutors Máíre Nic Dhiarmada, Louise Mulcahy (concert flutes) and Mícheál Rooney (harp) play a selection of reels: “Patsy Touhy’s” and “The Bag of Spuds”.
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- ComhaltasLive #342 (Full Programme)
- 22 February 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #342.
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- ComhaltasLive #342-6: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 21 February 2011
At Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan a selection of slip jigs: “Give us a Drink of Water” and “Hardiman the Fiddler” played by a group of Scoil Éigse Tutors (left to right): Micheál Ó hAllmhain, Christina Dolphin, Tom Doorley, Joe Doyle, Claire Walsh and Ray McCormack.
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- ComhaltasLive #331-8: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 6 October 2010
Three reels - “John Brennan’s”,”The Templehouse” and “The Chattering Magpie” played by Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh 2010: Geraldine O’Callahan ,fiddle; Eimear Buckley ,concertina; and her sister Maeve on banjo. All three were members of the Allow Céilí Band from North Cork, All-Ireland Champions 2007
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- ComhaltasLive #330-4: Scoil Éigse Tutors play Hornpipes
- 22 September 2010
A group of eight Tutors at Scoil Éigse at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 play a selection of hornpipes called “Tomorrow Morning” and “The Navigator”.
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- ComhaltasLive #330-3: Deirdre Scanlon Sings a Funny Song
- 21 September 2010
Scoil Éigse Singer/Tutor Deirdre Scanlon from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary sings a funny song called “The Great Big Roaming Ass”, which she learned from Robbie McMahon.
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- ComhaltasLive #330-2: Scoil Éigse Tutors play a Selection of Reels
- 20 September 2010
A selection of reels played by seven Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #304 (Full Programme)
- 14 January 2010
Here are some summer tunes to chase away these winter storms! This week we bring you music from the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009, held in August at Tullamore, Co. Offaly. This week’s programme includes selections from the Scoil Éigse tutors’ concert, Mairéad Hickey in a street session, and the Templeglantine, Pearl River, Botha, Ceolus and Old Bay Céilí Bands from the senior competition.
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- ComhaltasLive #304-2: Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert Jigs
- 7 January 2010
Five Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 play two jigs: “Willie Thompson’s” and “Old Men Dillon” (also known as “The Mug of Grown Ale”).
The tutors are: Emma Woods (fiddle) and Sara Jane Woods (flute), both from Dublin; Sharon Carroll (concertina), Maria Ging (fiddle) and Adrian Brady (piano), all from Co. Offaly. Scoil Éigse 2009, held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, was attended by more than 800 pupils with tuition provided over a week by more than 80 tutors.
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- ComhaltasLive #304-1: The 2009 Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert
- 6 January 2010
From the Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009, a selection of reels played by a group of the tutors. They play “The Moving Pint” and “Dog Big and Dog Little”, which were recorded by Frankie Gavin in the 1980s.
The tutors are: Pádraig McGovern from Co. Leitrim, pipes; Oisín MacDiarmada (fiddle) and Maíre NicDhiarmada (flute), both from Co. Sligo; Pádraig King from Co. Limerick, accordion; Sabina McCague from Co. Monaghan, fiddle; Maura Walsh form Co. Kerry, concertina and Eileen Gannon from St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on the harp.
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- ComhaltasLive #299 (Full Programme)
- 30 October 2009
This week we present the fine playing of Gerry O’Connor (banjo), the Hurley family, the Celus Gort Leitreach, St. Roch’s and Dromore Céilí Bands, concertina players Jacki O’Connor and Aoife Neville and a selection from the 2008 Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert. We hope you enjoy the music!
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- ComhaltasLive #299-7: Scoil Éigse Tutors’ Concert
- 29 October 2009
The 2008 Scoil Éigse tutors play two reels at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 in Tullamore: “The Beauty Spot” and “Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrell”
Tutors included Paddy Ryan, Kathleen Nesbitt, Connie O’Connell and Nicky McAuliffe on fiddles; Nóirín Ní Shíulleabhán, tin whistle; Ann Mc Auliffe, accordion; Maeve Ní Lochlainn and Mary Tisdall O’Sullivan, concertinas and Maria Lynn McHugh, piano.
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- ComhaltasLive #299-4: Concertina players Jacki O’Connor and Aoife Neville
- 26 October 2009
A concertina duet by Scoil Éigre tutors Jacki O’Connor (from Limerick) and Aoife Neville (Kerry) at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. They play three West Limerick slides, commencing with “Moss Murphy’s”.
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- ComhaltasLive #300-2: Jigs from 2008 Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 24 September 2009
Three Scoil Éigse Tutors from 2008 play a selection of three jigs, commencing with “An Lurgadán” (by Junior Crehan) and ending with “The Geese in the Bog”. The performers are: Eibhlín Ní Mháille (banjo), Edel McLoughlin (piano accordion) and Gráinne Hambly (harp), and the music was recorded in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #300-1: Barn dances from Tullamore
- 23 September 2009
We present a selection of Barn Dances played by Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008, fimed in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.. Playing here are Niall Keegan (flute), Gary Lynch (fiddle), Peter Staunton (accordion) and Ann Marie Acosta (piano). The tunes were all originally recorded by Michael and James Morrison in the 1920s/30s.
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- ComhaltasLive #282 (Full Programme)
- 28 December 2008
This week on ComhaltasLive we feature the fine playing of the Under-18 Trio champions Niamh Keegan (fiddle), Siobhán Rafferty (piano accordion) and Áine Hogan (flute), the Scoil Éigse tutors Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina) and Danny O’Mahony (button accordion), duet champions Gearóid (concertina) and Seán Keane (fiddle), the playing of Fionnán Mac Gabhann (uilleann pipes) with Conor Hanrahan (guitar), the trio of Dylan Foley (fiddle), Blaithín Loughran (button accordion) and Céitlin Finlay (banjo), concluding with Sean Nós dancer Brian Cunningham at the Scoil Éigse 2008 tutors’ concert.